Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Golang

1 big thing: Axios is a growth-focused media company dedicated to helping people get smarter, faster on what matters. We’re looking for a Software Engineer to help scale the systems that power Axios’ core products.

Why it matters: At Axios, we deliver news that’s clinical, trustworthy, and informative—reaching millions of readers every day. As a Software Engineer
, you’ll help power the services, APIs, and data flows that make our audience-facing products fast, reliable, and scalable. You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and engineers across disciplines to build resilient systems that embody Axios’ commitment to clarity and make our readers smarter.

As a Software Engineer, you’ll develop high‑quality, reliable services in a Golang and Python codebase, ensuring performance and stability across Axios’ publishing and delivery platforms.

Key responsibilities include:

• API development: Design, implement, and maintain scalable REST APIs to power Axios products.
• Service reliability: Build and optimize backend services using Golang and Python, ensuring they are resilient, performant, and maintainable.
• Data modeling: Design and evolve database schemas and performant queries to support new features and business requirements.
• Collaboration: Work closely with front‑end engineers, quality engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver end‑to‑end features.
• Testing & quality: Write unit, integration, and end‑to‑end tests; contribute to Axios’ quality efforts by ensuring backend systems are covered with automated tests.
• Performance & observability: Monitor system health, contribute to our logging/metrics implementation, and proactively improve performance and scalability.
• AI fluency: Leverage AI tools such as Git Hub Copilot, Claude Code, or other assistants to accelerate development, improve code quality, and explore creative solutions.
• Continuous improvement: Participate in code reviews, propose improvements to architecture and practices, and stay up to date with evolving backend technologies.

The ideal candidate is a thoughtful engineer who cares about reliability, scalability, and writing clean, maintainable code. You should have:

• Experience: 2–5+ years in backend or full‑stack development, with hands‑on experience in Golang and/or Python.
• API expertise: Strong understanding of designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Databases: Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL) and ORMs (e.g., Gin, Django).
• Testing: Experience with unit and integration testing in Golang and/or Python, and a mindset of embedding quality into development.
• Performance & scalability: Awareness of common patterns for scaling backend services and optimizing performance.
• AI tooling: Comfort using tools like Git Hub Copilot or Claude Code as part of your day‑to‑day workflow.
• Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work cross‑functionally in an agile environment.

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar).
• Experience with gRPC services.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience working with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb).
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and security best practices.
• Experience with performance testing or load testing of backend services.

• Reliable systems: You build services that are stable, scalable, and meet the needs of Axios’ products and readers.
• Quality code: You write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code that reduces defects and simplifies future development.
• Collaboration: You work closely with teammates across front‑end, product, and QE to deliver features efficiently and effectively.
• AI‑driven efficiency: You integrate AI tools into your workflow to accelerate development, improve code quality, and continuously learn.
• Performance focus: You monitor and improve backend performance, ensuring services are fast and resilient.
• Continuous growth: You sharpen your skills, share knowledge with teammates, and contribute to improving Axios’ engineering practices.

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